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Patrick_Gunther3326
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November 11, 2024
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After Effects v 25.0.1 crashing on startup (initializing mediacore)

  • November 11, 2024
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I keep facing the problem, that After Effects as well as Premiere are crashing on startup. This is only happening on the newest version of 25.x, when I install an old version like 23.x, this problem wont occure.
I've tried following potential solutions I've found in the www, unfortunately without success:


- updating nvidia drivers

- removing plug-ins from C:\Program Files\Adobe\Common\Plug-ins\7.0\MediaCore

- resetting/removing preferences

- uninstalling and reinstalling

 

That's my rig:

- Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4

- GTX 1080 Ti

- 32GB RAM

- Windows 10 Version 22H2

 

Anyone got any recomondations how to solve this problem?
Appreciate your help!

 

 

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mahdi abdollahi
Participant
January 5, 2025

I have many problem with my afrer effects , on startup page always show crash report that have 4 way to continue , when i use after effects plugins or effects it crashes and exit the program , and at last when i close the app it is not cloe complet and i a freez screen is shownig and i should click on file menu to close app 

 

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Patrick_Gunther3326Author
Participant
November 11, 2024

Update on the After Effects problem:
I've used the wrong path. Renaming the "Common" folder in C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects 2025\Support Files\(Media Core PlugIns) helped!

Premiere is still not starting up tho...

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    Patrick_Gunther3326Author
    Participant
    November 11, 2024

    I've been able to specify the cause. After renaming the "Common" folder it wasnt possible for me to export or import files - because AE couldnt find the plug-ins for that. So I deleted one .prm file after another till AE startet working again. Turns out, its a Windows problem, fantastic! "ExporterAVI.prm" is the problem, Ive deleted it and now everthing is working fine.

      deanscott
      deanscott
      Participant
      September 27, 2025

      Not only AE, but ExporterAVI.prm in all the OTHER media-centric apps (Premiere, Media Encoder, etc.) ALSO are corrupt and must be renamed or deleted. Again, these are all in C:/Program Files/Adobe/NameOfApp/Plugins/Common.

       

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